Thread: STR8 Shaving and Travel

Originally Posted by JRMx3

They won't pass if you try and "carry on" the items. If you are checking them though it doesn't matter. You can even take a straight if you want to, as long as it's in your checked baggage.

The TSA is not entirely clear on this: TSA: Prohibited Items

They say razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors are not OK in carry-on. It amazes me they construct such wonderful sentences, but I guess it's crystal clear to the TSA boys&girls in line with their PhD's in English. So is a blade OK or not? Or only in the safety holder? Which is of course not the paper/cardboard/plastic packaging they come in.

Hilly,

Remember, they are not razor people, they dont speak the language. When they say "safety" razor, what they are saying is "disposable" razor.

I promise you, any blade brought as carry on, be it a DE, or a STR8, will at the very least be confiscated, if not you also being confiscated as well!

Originally Posted by Magpie

I promise you, any blade brought as carry on, be it a DE, or a STR8, will at the very least be confiscated, if not you also being confiscated as well!

Words of wisdom. I fly very, very seldom, but when packing I always try to imagine the worst construction that the most dogged and punctilious TSA agent could possibly put on any item I'm considering. Because I prefer to travel with just one carry-on bag, I have an old Gillette Trac II razor that I pack for flying.

~Rich

Ok, why not just go to a drug store and buy some DE blades when you get to your destination?

If you are going to get a crappy shave with a Mach anything, why not get a crappy shave with something you like? And, maybe you won't get a crappy shave at all.

David

You know we could just leave leave ours razors at home.

"Honey, I'm back!"

Pelkey

I wasnt even sure if they still sold DE blades around here. I just popped into the pharmacist and looked, and sure enough, Wilkinson blades. I should pick up a pack, just so I can put dads old razor to use now and then for shits and giggles.
Alembic, I am embarased to not have thought of that myself. *bows in stupid and humble repose*